Dhaka, 21st Feb (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had blocked a Teesta water sharing deal between India and Bangladesh four years ago, reassured Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday of a breakthrough on the issue.

New Delhi, 20th Feb (IANS): Russia Friday slammed a reported call of the European Union's envoy to India to "persuade" Russia over the turmoil in eastern Ukraine as "a case of sheer duplicity and sly distortion of the core reasons which led to the intra-Ukrainian conflict".

Tripoli, 20th Feb (IANS): At least 45 people were killed when three car bombs exploded simultaneously at three places in the eastern Libyan city of Al-Gubba, security sources said, even as Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibily for the attacks.